People taking antidepressants in middle or old age could have triple the risk of developing dementia, a study has found. Rates of dementia were found to be 3.4 times higher among people who took the depression drugs after the age of 50. All people in the study were over the age of 60 by 2012 and had not been diagnosed with dementia in 2002. When the results were adjusted to make them fair, the dementia risk of people in the antidepressant group was 3.4 times higher. 'There is an association as people with dementia are more likely to be depressed and therefore more likely to be on antidepressants.'

Source: Daily Mail June 11, 2019 11:48 UTC